Ink Empress Poet Free verse

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Written for raindrops 2 sponsored by JCB brul

Sakura Raindrops

When the aromatic garden of celestial spheres, splatters acrylic herbs, 
I listen to soft serenades of sakura raindrops, 
floating along singing sapphires, longing to reach the unseen colors, veiling cherry-blossom skies.

I ponder, if I could catch drizzling silhouettes of dancing diamonds,
would I then find petrichor tales of forsaken twilight? 
Perhaps, in their liquified state, metaphors do flow,
as I am the aesthetic aura of the champagne sun before raspberry rain, 
chasing butterflies and kaleidoscopic moonstones, 
rising from the pit of poisoned puddles, 
where petals of pretense play h i d e and s e e k, luring me into a delicate destruction. 

Now I swim amidst surging sorrows, finding jade stars~ hidden between tarnished turquoise, allowing trickling jewels of the azure lagoon, to anchor my sunken spirit to an island of unfaltering faith.
There, I’ll see beyond blurred blues, the caramelized eyes of a poetic knight, writing sensual sestinas to soothe my sleepless seas, rippling with rhinestone regrets upon rain-soaked shores.

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Kim Rodrigues July 16, 2024 at 1:36 PM Congrats, Ink! …sakura, sapphire, cherry blossoms…beautiful!

Paula Goldsmith July 16, 2024 at 9:53 AM Congratulations on your win. What a lovely write. Oh yes, they are dancing diamonds from above. Have a wonderful day with your win.

Christuraj Alex July 14, 2024 at 10:17 PM "singing sapphires", "veiling cherry-blossom skies" - Beautiful imageries. Congratulations!

Nette Onclaud July 14, 2024 at 10:14 PM congrats on winning this contest with such lovely wordplay from your pen, ink!

thriveni c mysore July 14, 2024 at 9:16 PM so creative & artistic strokes dear poet, Happy writing. congratulations.

Regina Mcintosh July 14, 2024 at 7:12 AM Just beautiful. As usual. Congrats and God bless you, love, Gina

Tonye George July 7, 2024 at 6:59 AM This is a lovely piece, Dear Ink. Your use of Alliterations and metaphors as always is magnificent and admirable. The feelings I have towards the rain are a mixed one. I would love it if the drops were really raspberry. "where petals of pretense play h I d e and s e e k, luring me into a delicate destruction." Amazing imagery here. And I love this too "writing sensual sestinas to soothe my sleepless seas." I could feel the rage of sleeplessness already and sestina is one tricky form.

Paige Hind July 5, 2024 at 10:38 AM Haunting images, Ink...I feel like a traveler with you..."on rain-soaked shores"

Duke Beaufort July 3, 2024 at 12:44 PM IE, fascinating exploration of raindrops and what we would experience if we could follow so many of them. Somehow, you are able to do what no one else can. You take us to some very dreamy scenes! Smiling!

Jennifer Proxenos July 3, 2024 at 7:28 AM What a captivating poem - it is quite mesmerizing. Your breathtaking descriptions of colors - tarnished turquoise, blurred blues, champagne sun before raspberry rain, the caramelized eyes of a poetic knight are truly awesome. Your write is magical, presented with volumes of poetic talent. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Victor Buhagiar July 2, 2024 at 10:35 PM Such beautiful alliteration in your poem. Like me, you love rain falling and waiting for the petrichor to infuse the fragrance of earth. Should rate high in this contest. Blessings, my friend.

Valsa George July 2, 2024 at 9:04 AM Glad that the poem ends on a happy note...."There, I’ll see beyond blurred blues, the caramelized eyes of a poetic knight, writing sensual sestinas to soothe my sleepless seas, rippling with rhinestone regrets upon rain-soaked shores." Love these lines. Instead of wallowing in despair, mind finds its own defense by looking for safer shores of faith, instead of swimming amid surging sorrows. Empress, while you clothe every thought in powerful metaphors, I think of raindrops, only as water drops originating from clouds and coming down as rain from the sky..... That differentiates a great poet from an ordinary poet.

Andrea Dietrich July 2, 2024 at 8:51 AM So gorgeous. And also loved how you mixed emotions into it using colors and poetic terms. Hope you are having a good day

Silent One July 2, 2024 at 5:44 AM A lot of great imagery here with the use of fine alliteration.. It is so colourful also.. Your poem takes the reader on an emotional journey from contemplation and longing to a sense of resolution and hope. The initial wonderment transitions into a more introspective and somber reflection on life's challenges ("delicate destruction" and "surging sorrows"). Ultimately, the poem ends on a hopeful note, with the speaker finding peace and inspiration in the "caramelized eyes of a poetic knight."

Nette Onclaud July 2, 2024 at 12:43 AM I enjoyed the detailed composition of this work , which is a visual pallet in itself: my kind of rain...cheers, ink

Lioness Onpaper July 2, 2024 at 12:01 AM aromatic garden of celestial spheres, splatters acrylic herbs,.. dayuuuum child!!! soft serenades of sakura raindrops, The kind of gorgeous u bring!!! catch drizzling silhouettes of dancing diamonds, the sense of elegance ooozing through this is time stopping papi!.. jewels of the azure lagoon.. blurred blues, the caramelized eyes of a poetic knight, mmmm pure beauty! rhinestone regrets upon rain-soaked shores. This piece is an absolute masterpiece.